1750 George was Surgeon in William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure's 25th Regiment of Foot. He saw active service in Germany and afterwards in the war against the French in America. In 1781 he was appointed Physician General to the garrison in Menorca and went through six months siege by the French and Spanish. According to R.W Munro, writing in 1965, George Munro is found in Colonel Johnston's printed roll of army medical staff and as he joined the 25th Foot in 1744 this suggests that he may have been at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alexander Munro, a writer in Edinburgh. (1724–1750). John Munro. Cecil Munro. (1719–1786) Five other children - all died young. George Munro, 3rd of Auchinbowie had two sons: Major George Munro who married Elizabeth Aylmer. They had two sons and one daughter. Lieutenant-General Hector William Munro, 1st of Edmondsham (d. 1821) was Governor of Trinidad and who married Philadelphia Bower of Edmondsham. They had three sons and four daughters. Alexander Monro primus Although George Munro, 3rd of Auchinbowie had male heirs as mentioned above, he sold the Auchinbowie property to a cousin, Alexander Monro (primus) who was the son of John Monro (surgeon), who was in turn a younger brother of George Munro, 1st of Auchinbowie. Alexander Monro primus was the foundation Professor of Anatomy at the Edinburgh Medical School. He was appointed lecturer on Anatomy by the Incorporation of Surgeons, later the Royal College of Surgeons, at Edinburgh in 1719; the following year he became professor, and in 1725 was appointed the first Professor of Anatomy to the University. He was a principal promoter and early clinical lecturer in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Alexander Monro primus had six children: John Monro, 5th of Auchinbowie, advocate, born 5 November 1725 and married Sophia, eldest daughter of Archibald Inglis of Auchindinny. He died in May 1789. Dr Donald Monro (1728–1802), married Dorothea Maria Heineken. Jean Monro (1729–1731). Mary Monro - born 1730. Alexander Monro (secundus), 1st of Craiglockhart and Cockburn. (1733–1817) Margaret Monro (1757–1802). Alexander Monro secundus Alexander Monro primus was succeeded in the property of Auchibowie by his eldest son John Monro, 5th of Auchinbowie who was in turn succeeded by a daughter. However he was succeeded in his profession by his third son Alexander Monro (secundus) who was Professor of Anatomy in Edinburgh. He took his degree as Doctor of Medicine on 20 October